Coordinating Office for the RIDGE Initiative

在RIDGE全球变革倡议从规划阶段过渡到研究阶段时，RIDGE办公室将提供联络中心和必要的协调。该办公室的目的是在早期规划阶段和实地、实验室和理论工作的积极实施之间的过渡期间保持RIDGE项目的势头，并协调所需的基础工作，使RIDGE资金得到最有效和最有价值的利用。今后两年的主要工作将包括执行长筹备时间的活动，包括工具开发和数据管理；开展特别外地方案；协调各机构支助的研究活动；召开第一届RIDGE暑期学院，旨在促进理论发展的快速进展；在双边和多边一级开展国际合作研究工作；继续发展和完善RIDGE科学实施计划；所有策划成果的出版和分发；实现快速有效地响应瞬态脊峰事件的能力；分析材料性能研究需要支持RIDGE的实地和理论工作；还有定期的通讯。

The RIDGE office will provide the focal point and the necessary coordination as the RIDGE global change initiative makes the transition from the planning phase into its research phase. The purpose of the office is to maintain the momentum of the RIDGE program during the transition between the early planning phase and active implementation of field, laboratory, and theoretical efforts, and to coordinate the groundwork required to make themost efficient and valuable use of RIDGE funding. Primary efforts in the coming two years will involve implementation of long lead time activities, including instrument development and data management; initiation of special field programs; coordination of research activities supported by a variety of agencies; convening the first RIDGE Summer Institute designed to foster rapid progress in theoretical development; pursuit of international cooperative research efforts at bilateral and multilateral level; continued development and refinement of the RIDGE Science Implementation Plan; publication and distribution of all planning results; implementation of the capability to respond quickly and effectively to transient ridge-crest events; analysis of material-properties research required to support RIDGE field and theoretical efforts; and a periodic newletter.